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Jughead's Basement is hosted by Screeching Weasel, Mopes, and Even In Blackouts' co-founder John Jughead Pierson. The podcast has three subcategories: Dissections of punk records. Long-form interviews of punk & alternative musicians, comedians, and underground performers. Plus, lastly, an old fashion radio adventure that tells the twisted tale of two men attached to one body roaming an unknown mansion meeting and interviewing different guests every episode.
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236: Vera of Taxi Girls talks to us about: Where do names come from, Punk linguistics, Origin of Taxi Girls, Vera and Jamie writing team, Ego disillusion, Guitar solos that make you cry, Highs and lows, Flow of a record, plus much much static more static STATIC!Taxi Girls on BandcampTaxi Girls at STOMPWild Honey Records on Facebook
Episode 235: Dan Vapid of Sludgeworth talks to us about one inch equals one inch, toby and red scare, lineup changes and the additions of simon, enthusiasm is an important aspect of being in a band, 35 years later/maximizing strength, science & philosophy, instant gratification and the flow of a record and the bigger picture, plus much worth sludge more!Second Time Around LP at Red Scare Pre-order (available June 19 2026)Digital version at bandcamp
Episode 234: CJ Ramone of The Ramones, Bad Chopper, and Spike & The Gimme Gimmes talks to us about Hard Rock & Guitar Pete's Axe Attack - Auditioning and Learning to Downstroke for The Ramones, Living on Long Island & Forming an Identity, Working with Ed Stasium, What it was Like Replacing Dee Dee Ramone and then Becoming his Friend, The Mystery & Privacy of the Ramones, CJ's New Podcast plus one two three more!CJ Ramones' Patreon for his Podcast, CJ Says: A Ramones PodcastJughead's Basement Patreon
Episode 233: Isaac Thotz of The Arrivals, Treasure Fleet, and Clown Sounds talks to us about Growing up in Blue Island, Origin of The Arrivals, One of the House Bands at Fireside Bowl, Thick to Recess Records, Musical Communities and Isaac's move to San Pedro, Treasure Fleet & Clown Sounds, Preparing for the New Record Payload, Writing Political Songs, We've Been Doing This a Long Time, plus much much molotov more more more!Bandcamp for The Arrivals Record, PAYLOADVinyl at Recess Records
Episode 232: Erik Funk of Dillinger Four talks to us about his band Billingsgate - Victory Records to Nemesis Records - The Erik Funk/Erik Fink Story - Bloodline, Angerhouse and the move to Minnesota - The Beginning of Dillinger Four, Friendship, and the thing about Paddy, Dynamics of their voices - How titles fuck with the brain - Aaron Cometbus and Scooby Don't - About the new song, plus much much one two three more more dillinger four!Dillinger Four Web Page
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